VAB assembly - angled parts, off-center engines

[tjsnh]

So, this might be a bit of a dumb question - How do I fit parts at an angle during construction?

For example, I've seen some great R7/Soyuz rockets with the boosters built into the center shaft clipped at an angle, and I haven't been able to reproduce that. Using snap mode, everything (obviously) fits nicely but snaps to the fixed angles, but even without using snap mode I can't get parts to fit at a freely-rotated angle around a connection point if that makes sense. This is preventing me from a LOT of the more advanced construction tasks I want to do (mounting panels for cosmetic purposes, clipping engines into clusters, etc)

If someone has an easy technique even for something simple, like say mounting a nose-cone at a crooked angle to an otherwise vertical rocket, it would be a big help and I;m sure I could adapt that as needed elsewhere.

Also, another thing I can't figure out, how are folks able to get engines mounted to the bottom of a fuel tank off-centered? For example, I've seen youtube vids of folks with rockets with 3 small-diam engines mounted under 1 large-diam fuel tank. Even without snap mode, it won't let me attach parts off-center.

Any thoughts?

Edited April 21, 2014 by tjsnh
answered

[Dkmdlb]

Shift + WASDQE does small angle increments.

As for off-center engines, put a cubic octo strut, then rotate it up into the fuel tank, and then attach the engines there.

You're welcome.

[tjsnh]

Exactly what I needed, thanks man!